UNIT I

MODERN
ART
 1. Identify the 2. Analyze the
different art elements different principles of
and principles in the art that reflect from
production of art the different mood,
following the various idea or message from
OBJECTIVES
movement styles in the art work of
art various movements

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 3. Identify the 4. Analyze the work
different process and of art in terms of
mount an exhibit artistic concepts and
using completed art ideas using the
works influenced by different various art
OBJECTIVES
modern art movements
movements

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 LESSON 1

The Impressionist

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Impressionism is a French 19th century art
movement that portrays the affects of experiences
upon the consciousness of the artist and his
audience. It is characterized by short brisk strokes
of bright colors to recreate the impression of light
on objects.

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 a. Color and light
• Short broken strokes
Characteristics: • Pure unmixed colors placed
side by side
• Freely brushed colors
 b. Everyday subjects
• Scenes of life
Characteristics:
• Household objects
• Landscapes and seascapes
 c. Painted outdoors
• captures the ever-changing
effects of light on objects
d. Open composition
Characteristics:
• Moved away from the formal,
structured approach to placing
and positioning their objects
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Impressionist Painters

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 1. Claude Monet was one of the
Monet
founders of the Impressionist
(1840-1926)
movement best known for his
landscape paintings. His style in
painting used the variation of
colors, light, and seasonal
changes.

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 Famous Impression: Sunrise (1872)

Paintings:

Red Boats at Argenteuil (1875) 15

 Famous
Paintings:

La Promenade (1875)

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 Manet was one of the first 19th
2. Edouard century artist to depict modern-life
Manet subjects. He was the key figure in the
(1832-1883) transition from realism to impressionism
with the number of his works considered
as marking the birth of modern art.
He was fond of using light colors with
only a hint of black.

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 Famous The Garden of Manet (1881)

Paintings:

Mosnier Decked With Flags (1878) 18

 Famous
Paintings:

Landscape with a Village Church (1870)

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 Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the
3. Pierre-
central figures of the impressionist
Auguste Renoir
(1841-1919) movement. His works are full of sparkling
color and vibrant light.
He used a more disciplined and
formal technique to paint portraits of
actual people and figure paintings.

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 Famous
Paintings:

Luncheon of the Boating Party

(1881)

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 Famous
Paintings:

The Umbrellas (1881-1886)

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 Famous
Paintings:

Dance at the Moulin de la Gallete (1876)

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 Post-Impressionist
Painters

1. Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)

He was a French post-
impressionist painter whose works
created the bridge between
impressionism and cubism.

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 Famous The Hanged Man’s House (1873) Still Life with Compotier (1878)
Paintings:

A Painter at Work (1875) 25

 Post-Impressionist
Painters

2. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

He was a post-impressionist painter
whose works were remarkable for their
strong, heavy brush strokes, intense
emotions, and colors that pulsate with
energy.

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 Famous Starry Night (1889)
Paintings:

Paysage sous un ciel mouvemente 27

 Famous
Paintings:

Sous-bois

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 LESSON 2
EXPRESSIONISM

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 Expressionism is a 20th century manner of painting
and sculpturing in which natural forms and colors are
distorted and exaggerated. It is characterized by
heavy black lines that define form, sharp contrasting
colors and subjective treatment of thematic materials.
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Expressionist Painters

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 He was a Norwegian painter and
printmaker who is recognized as the “Father
Edvard of Expressionism”. Munch developed a
Munch bolder and more simplified style in painting
(1863-1944) like lithography, etching and woodcut art.
His painting the “The Scream” depicts a
man in a moment of anguished despair and
anxiety while the other people seen blissfully
unaware of his situation.

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 Famous
Paintings: Night in Nice (1891) The Girls on the Bridge (1918)

The Scream
(1893)

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 Edvard Some of Munch’s most emotionally
Munch based landscapes are a group of blue-
(1863-1944) tinted winter night pictures which he
painted between 1922-1924.
The paintings convey a sense of calm,
harmony and stability partly achieved
with his use of round shapes joined
together in a firm construction.

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 Paul Klee
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German
(1879-1940)
painter. His highly individual style was
influenced by movements in art that
included expressionism, cubism, and
surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman
who experimented with and eventually
deeply explored color theory.

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 Famous Castle and Sun (1928) Lanscape in the Beginning
Paintings:

Town Castle Kr. (1932)

 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German
expressionist painter and printmaker and one of
Ernst Ludwig the founders of The Bridge, a key group leading
to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century
Kirchner
art.
(1880-1938)
His paintings represented a powerful reaction
against Impressionism. He used flat areas of
unbroken, often unmixed colors and simplified
forms. In his cityscapes, the figures in the street
seemed more important than the surroundings.

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 He depicted figures in motion to
Ernst Ludwig
Kirchner express the fullness and vitality of
(1880-1938) the human body.
Inspired by van Gogh’s
landscape paintings, Kirchner used
pulsating shades of violet, blue,
green and yellow to depict rural
scenes.
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 Famous
Paintings:
Interior with Two Girls Sertigal in Autumn (1925-1926)

Entrance to a Large
Garden

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Expressionist Movements

Expressionist artists created works with more

emotional force, rather than with realistic or
natural images

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 It’s output-cut-up writing,
performance art, poetry
sculpture, photography,
painting and collage was
Dadaism is a literary diverse and influenced by
and artistic movement other avant-garde
A. Dadaism in Switzerland that movements like Cubism,
arose as a reaction to Futurism, constructivism
World War I. and Expressionism.
 The focus of Dada artists
was on making works that
Dada used aesthetic to
affect the sensibilities of
mock criticize
A. Dadaism materialistic and
the middle class and
asked difficult questions
nationalistic attitudes.
about society, the role of
the artist and the purpose
of the art.
 Hannah Hoch was
A. Dadaism known for her political
collage and Photomontage is collage
Hannah Hoch
photomontage works. technique where you
She is recognized for generate an original
pioneering the image out of other images
technique of and fragments which can
photomontage as an art be cut, layered, glued and
form. arranged.
 Cut with the
Kitchen Knife
A. Dadaism Dada Through
the Last Weimar
Hannah Hoch Beer Belly
Cultural Epoch
of Germany

Die Puppen
A. Dadaism The Beautiful
Girl (1920)
Hannah Hoch

Heads of State
(1918-1920)
 Surrealism is a movement in
an art best known for its
It features an element
visual artworks and writings.
of surprise,
It is characterized by
unnerving, illogical scenes,
unexpected
juxtapositions and
B. Surrealism strange creatures from
everyday objects and surrealism developed
developed painting as a result of Dada
techniques that allowed the Activities.
subconscious to express
itself.
B. Surrealism
Salvador Dali is a Spanish painter and
Salvador Dali
an icon of the surrealist movement. His
artworks showed the unconscious
world of thoughts, dreams and
perception in nightmarish images.
B. Surrealism

Salvador Dali

The Persistence of Nymphs in a

Memory Romantic
Garden
(1921)

Flower Women
with Soft Piano
(1963)
Art Activity 1

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 Create a simple
Mosaic or Pointillism
Materials Needed:

colored paper/art paper, glue, oslo paper

What to do:

Mosaic and Pointillism:

1. Prepare plenty of little squares or circles of colored paper, like those

left over by a hole punch. You can also tear tiny pieces of art paper.

2. Glue them down on a clean sheet of bond paper to create your own
mosaic or dot pictures.
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